Good Downer Endings (Spoilers)
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Red Dead: Redemption easily. But it's also one of my favorite endings to a game ever because it had the balls to do what it did (No spoilers obviously). It was nearly perfect, the only bad thing being that it let you free roam afterwards, would have been happy if you just had to re-load the last save before the final mission.
But she can regenerate herself. So if that is what happened, then Andraste is a major asshole. Leliana wanting to die but the Maker not allowing her to.Mcoffey said:
Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhall
I just didn't want it to end, I mean if you're at that point in the game then you've spent entire days worth of time playing this character and interacting with the NPC companions, especially if you started all the way from Baldur's Gate 1.
Then there are epilogue like this:
"...Eventually he formed his own adventuring company, the Justice Fist, striking fear in the hearts and faces of evil until, in his advancing age, he again set out across the Realms... and disappeared. And what of Boo? Well, what is Minsc without Boo? The two would never be separated, and some say they are together still, up amongst the stars where hamsters are giants and men become legends."
And this is the music playing in the background as you read them:
*Sigh* Playing Baldur's Gate from the very beginning of the first game and taking my character to the very end is easily my favourite rpg experience, I've done it a few times now yet getting to the end is still a bitersweet experience every time.
I just didn't want it to end, I mean if you're at that point in the game then you've spent entire days worth of time playing this character and interacting with the NPC companions, especially if you started all the way from Baldur's Gate 1.
Then there are epilogue like this:
"...Eventually he formed his own adventuring company, the Justice Fist, striking fear in the hearts and faces of evil until, in his advancing age, he again set out across the Realms... and disappeared. And what of Boo? Well, what is Minsc without Boo? The two would never be separated, and some say they are together still, up amongst the stars where hamsters are giants and men become legends."
And this is the music playing in the background as you read them:
*Sigh* Playing Baldur's Gate from the very beginning of the first game and taking my character to the very end is easily my favourite rpg experience, I've done it a few times now yet getting to the end is still a bitersweet experience every time.
I agree about the goodbyes, I consider it one of the most moving moments in gaming.Fagotto said:
As for the intepretation, I now think it was less about inescapable fate and more about taking responsibility for your actions.
The Nameless One's original self did regret his deeds, but he refused to face their consequences - which caused more people to suffer as they died for his immortality.
True. I did not see that ending coming, my young and still innocent mind was shattered.RAKtheUndead said:
Ninja! Yeah Arkham City's wins, it's just strangely affectionate, and it has a clever Book End to it.bullet_sandw1ch said:
L.A Noire had a REALLY good downer ending
Cole dies, The bad guys do the evil that they do do and L.A goes back to being the shite hole it was when you got there
The problem with these topics is that unless you've played every game possible, simply glancing through the topic will spoil stuff. Just knowing that certain games have downer endings is spoiler enough.
Anyway, I thought Enslaved's ending was a huge downer.
Anyway, I thought Enslaved's ending was a huge downer.
I'd love an ending which involves either after defeating the big enemy's big thing, and after the credits (or before) the main character (and possibly cohorts) are captured and tortured / imprisoned after torture and the indicated events show clearly to the mind that this is probably going to be the end for them or they're going to suffer for everything they did for quite a while, or worse be indoctrinated and become part of that group.
Or perhaps that all happens AFTER they try to blow something up but never get the chance.
Or perhaps that all happens AFTER they try to blow something up but never get the chance.
LA Noire and Red Dead. Also Fallout 3 if your me. I saved the wasteland but murdered whoever could enjoy it.